Pipe-standard



J. H. KELLER.

PIPE STANDARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21. I918.

1,33 1,930. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

WITNESSES r ATTOR EY oinrnn STATES PATENT OF JAMES H. KELLER, or roar MYERS, FLORIDA.

PIPE-STANDARD.

Application filed May 21, 1918. Serial No. 235,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residinw at Fort Myers, in the county of Lee and btate of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe'Standards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to supports for tanks, cisterns or the like, and especially for the type having a depending, conical bottom; and has for an object to provide a support of this character embodying many new features of design, calculated to afford a rigid and substantial support with a minimum amount of material.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a support of the character described, formed in parts which maybe readily assembled at the place of installation, at the same time enabling the support to be more conveniently shipped.

In addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference, throughout the several views in which they appear: a

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an improved tank support, constructed in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a view thereof in plan.

With reference to the drawings, 10 indicates (in dottedlines), the tank to be supported, and 11 the conical bottom thereof. The support comprises three, four or more uprights, orstandards, each having its ends apertured, each upright being indicated generally 12. Each standard is supported upon a concrete foundation or footing 14, and a base plate 15 is supported uponeach footing. Each base plate is formed with an upstanding lug 16 which enters the lower aperture of a standard.

Each standard furthermore comprises a triangular bracket 18, comprising a vertical stand, an inclined arm 20 which extends 1 inwardly and downwardly, and an inclined strut 21 forming a brace for the other two sides. The lower end of the stand 19 is formed with a depending lug 22 which enters the upper aperture of the section 17. The upper end of the stand 19 is recessed to form a ledge 23 upon which an annular member 24 is supported as shown. The lower end of each arm is also recessed to afford a support for asecond annular member 25, smaller than the first, and by reason of its points of support, is located beneath the first annular member and in concentric the standards and other parts. Other advantages will occur tothose familiar with the art to which this invention appertains.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i p

A support of the class employed to support a conical bottomed tank, including a plurality of supporting standards each havmg its ends apertured, a base plate having an upstanding lug arranged to fit into an aperture, a bracket detachably secured to each of said standards'including a stand having a lug projecting from its lower end arranged to seat in an aperture, a downwardly directed arm extending from each Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 24, 1920, I

packed together in compact formation with stand, a strut extending from the [lower end of each arm to the lower end of the connectedstand, each stand and arm having a ring receiving seat, a ring in said arm seats and a rlng 1n said stand seats, all arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I JAMES H. KELLER. 'Witnesses:

ALBERT Rnrsronn, RICHARD HARRIS. 

